Software every college student needs

OmniOutliner - record and write notes on your lectures in one app.

Link bait, Digg bait, whatever people call it.

Just another list made by people on Digg, for people to Digg. Useless and far from what it claims to be.

When I put together this list, I just wanted to add applications that I use very often in college...for class, for fun, for whatever...I use a lot of the included programs for basic stuff...iCal instead of iProcrastinate...but the point was to put together a list that someone who just bought a mac for school could look at and benefit from. From the emails and coverage I've gotten, I think it has been pretty succesful :) Thanks TUAW

For some of the collaborative features of OneNote, you can set up a free account for many of the services 37Signals offers-such as Backpack, Writeboard, and Ta-Da List. You can also set up a Wiki at JotSpot which may also be useful. ZuluPad is a desktop Wiki-style editor, allowing you to create links to other notes and pages.

If you've already got Office 2004 Word has a "Notes" template, however I think OmniOutliner (which I believe is still free with a new Mac) is much better, and OmniGraffle is also great for flowcharts (especially for programming students).

I'd also add Skype to the list, and if you run with the Mac crowd at school iChat's video conference features may be useful too. If you can get it working, iPodLinux can record audio straight to your iPod-though as far as I know this feature isn't yet enabled on 5th gen video iPods. An external iSight (even though it's not software) could be helpful for recording lectures, though you should check with your prof first.

Yea, what is "iSerial"?

I recently graduated with two undergrad degrees in Advertising and Electronic Media Production and to be honest, I can't live without MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5, Audio Hijack Pro, and GraphicConverter. All three are shareware and are very cheap if you choose to upgrade past the trial version. I use them on a daily basis wether I am puttering together audio for a ring tone, batch converting images or ripping some DVD a guy brought in and wants to add into his show (I work for public access TV).

There is a great app for students: iProcrastinate
Check it out here:
http://www.craigotis.com/

This list is lame. There is a much better list at http://macademic.net/blog/index.php?title=indispensible_mac_os_x_apps_part_2&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 which is definitely college specific.

Thank God for iCal, Transmit and Keynote. I use them all very often. I find Pages to be cumbersome as a word processor, though -- it works better as a layout/design program. That can be useful sometimes, too.

Keynote never fails to impress the professor & the class when I use it. They get caught up in the transitions and effects, sometimes ignoring the actual content of my presentation *sigh*

SMS Widgets are great also for texting your friends while in class.